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Transvaal Park Roof Collapse
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Structural Failures Assignment
By: Jeevn and Elizabeth
Teacher: Ms. Klieber
Grade: 7A
Location and Date of Collapse
- The Transvaal Park was a water park located in Yasenevo, Russia, the southern district of Moscow.
- The Transvaal Park roof collapsed on February 14, 2004 at around 7:30 pm.
Transvaal Park Roof Collapse
Type of Structure
- The Transvaal Park Roof was a combination of a shell and a frame structure, making it look more like a dome.
- The inner part of the structure was a frame and the outer part was a shell structure.
Type of Structure
Events That Caused The Failure
- On February 14, 2004 at around 7:30 pm, the glass roof of Transvaal Park collapsed because of the difference between the inside and outside temperature.
- The structure also failed due to the seepage of water into the concrete supports that supported the roof and the accumulation of snow on the roof.
- The collapse was also caused by a series of design flaws including crude miscalculations
Events that caused the failure
Type of Force That Caused The Failure of The Structure
Type of Force That Caused the Structure to Fail
- The collapse was caused by design flaws and severe and important miscalculations in the design.
- The force that caused the structure to collapse was an external force because there was a difference in indoor and outdoor temperature and because there was a seepage of water in the concrete supports.
- The internal force was caused by the accumulation of snow on the roof causing the beams supporting the roof to experience compression.
Reason The Structure Failed
- The reason the Transvaal Park's roof collapsed was a combination of bad design, faulty construction, and extreme loads.
- Bad design was evident because it is clear that the roof was not designed for stress corrosion cracking. This is the formation of cracking in a corrosive environment and can cause sudden failure especially in elevated temperatures.
- Faulty construction and extreme loads was also evident as the architects and the person who approved of the design was blamed for poor construction as he did account for the extreme load of snow on the roof.
Reason The Structure Failed
How The Failure Could Have Been Prevented
How the Failure Could Have Been Prevented
- Collapse could have been prevented if the building was correctly designed, accounting for the stress corrosion cracking and extreme loads and if the calculations were checked again.
- Prevention could have occurred, if the person who designed the structure could have been more careful with this structure's design as he was also responsible for a collapse in a previous structure.
- Another way the collapse could also have been prevented is if material that was less susceptible to stress corrosion cracking was used.-There were no laws or rules of training changed after the Transvaal Park Roof Collapse.
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